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66 No. 103 Single Copy Five Cents SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1941 Two Sections Cruz PRESS 5 fo) 5 wMTWm I Rules Out High Flying Romance pairs IFal ounty a. New Unit Of McQuaide Troops Sent Into North' i 1 German Flyers Grabbed Off U. S. Ship By it '4 Smm tmmmmwmmmmm mm iiui.in 1 i mim liliril ililllliilillfi (NBA Telephoto) Four German aviators, left to right, Guenther Kat.ke, Hans Sandkaniin, Kwald Vlescli and Werner Knumar, headed back to Germany from San "Francisco, were taken off the V.

S. liner President (iarfieid, 400 miles northeast of Honolulu by the Canadian cruiser Prince Robert. A boarding party took the flyers off after examining the passenger list of the Garfield. PLANS PROGRESS ON Ruth Slilson of Providence, u. lets cadets at Went worth military academy, Ijpxington, know she's there to teach flying, not flirting- Oiily woman teaching aviation in a men's school, her contract bans dates with students.

Monthly Check Shows County's Financial Condition Improved S. Gatos Must Wait Skeggs States Permanent repairs on Los Gatos highway mirst wait until the next biennium's funds are made available July 1, J. H. Skeggs, district Increased tax payments were reflected in the improved financial condition of Santa Cruz county today. With the second installment period ending last month, officials reported nearly double the amount of cash on hand as compared to April 1.

Today, Slay 1, the county reported having including 8(178. cash. The balance, officials explained, is secured loans. engineer with trie state division ot nignways, asserted On April 1 this year, the county treasury contained including cash. One year ago today, the county had including In rash, courthouse recoifls reveal.

The monthly financial check in the office of County Treasurer J. K. Helms was made by District Attorney Benjamin Kiiigl George Morgan, chairman of county supervisors, and County Auditor Willett Ware, Canaday visualized the early growth of aviation to a point where airports will be only 30 minutes upart and planes will play the important role in com mercial ano pleasure transportation. "The people of Santa Cruz face two decisions as they vote on the aii'Dort bond issue next Tues- Canady Amazed That Has No Airport Facilities Aviation development was painted as the key to progress last night by John E. Canaday, public relations manager for Lockheed Aircraft corporation, as he spoke before several hundred interested listeners at the airport rally last night at the civic auditorium following a huge ltorchlight parade.

AMt DATE CADETS Road Repairs storm damaged Santa Cruz- Two Arrive At Felton To Aid Gum Ed Biggs, San Jose, be came the clerk -dispatcher and Vernon Rylander as sumed duties of a lookout today as the two men augmented the permanent crew at the Felton forestry station for the fire suppression season. A truck driver was scheduled to report later in the day and by May 15 the staff will have been Increased by six more men, Lester H. Gum, state forestry ranger, reported. Draft Board Gets Orders On Queries Santa Cruz draft board today received instructions ringed in red. They were orders that all remaining draft questionnaires about 1000 here be sent out as rapidly as possible.

The local draft board will meet shortly and then questionnaires will go out about 50 per day, it was estimated. Meantime Advisory Board Chalrman James Wnftu insert that his 30 advisory hoard mem hers be prepared for duty in Veterans hall. Purpose of the advisory board Is to advise men in filling out questionnaires. Advice will be given five nights a week In Veterans' hall. Death Probe Set In Costa Mishap Inquest Into the death of Mrs.

Manuel Costa, Watsonville woman fatally injured when struck by an automobile Saturday near Freedom, was scheduled for this afternoon in Mehl's funeral par lor at Watsonville, Coroner Freeman Bald. Patj 7 I Spokesman For Russia In Warning, AsksTeace By JOE ALEX MORRIS lly 1 nllril TreKNl Germany stepped up its Mediterranean offensive today and cracked the outer ring of fortifications at To- bruk, besieged British base in Libya, with tanks, airplanes and infantry. The Middle Eastern com mand at Cairo indicated the situation of the Tobruk gar rison may be growing seri ous although the British have insisted from the start that Tobruk could be evac uated by sea if necessary. Tobruk has been under siege for 22 days. AT IRAQ The German attack was pre ceded by a heavy air bombard ment part of a general air offensive in which the Nazi high command reported fierce attacks upon Malta and the British base at Suda Bay, Crete.

The increasing likelihood of a general Nazi offensive in the Mediterranean caused the British to land more troops In Iraq, backdoor to Turkey, Syria and Palestine. Turkey, still apparently attempting to steer a cautious course of armed neutrality, called up eight classes of reservists all the classes from to 1916 and announced the class of 10 21 has been called up for training. The move came as London speculated whether German-Rus sian relations are deteriorating further because of the likelihood German operations will start al most immediately, directly men acing the Dardanelles, Soviet warm water gateway. WARM NO Rapid unfolding of German plans for an offensive Into the Middle East was matched by new indications of possible estrangement between Russia and Germany. Today was the occasion ot Moscow's big May Day parade, a traditional display of Soviet armed might.

The Russian Marshal Semyon K. Timoshenko, commander of the Red army, is sued a special order of the day warning Russian forces to maintain a constant state of prepar- edness and mobilization. He also called for world peace. Al'TO RKI'OKTKD HTOLKV Gene Prolo reported to police yesterday that an automobile had been stolen from a Front Btreet parking lot. A second machine was taken but was recovered soon afterward.

BUYING a home for yourself and your family is your secret ambition, don't delay any longer. You'll find the Home you are looking for advertised under REAL ESTATE, Classification No. 87 In the WANT-AD col-umns. You'll also find finance companies listed, who can solve your financial problems for you. It you have a steady Income you can buy! Santa Cruz Evening News "Want-Ad Headquarters" Canadian Cruiser FAIR SITE Election Of Officers Due At Meeting Santa Cruz county fair this year will probably be held on the 100-acre Peter sen ranch on Hecker pass.

This was revealed by the 14th district agricultural as sociation today when direc tors said financial plans for the exposition will be map ped tentatively tomorrow evening. The association Is purchasing the ranch for $8500, the land owners having recently accepted the organization's offer of $100 an acre. "Momentarily expected by the association is approval' by the state department ot agriculture in Sacramento of the purchase," Joe Relte, director, explained. State approval Is essential before the association may complete negotiations by making payment, officials asserted. Directors expect to have one, perhaps two and maybe more buildings on the new fair grounds in time for this year's show, the fourth annual Santa Cruz coun- TUe three PreTious fairs have neld iu tha Watsonville auditorium I'Thn rill The directors expect to draft a money-raising program during Friday night's meeting in the Resetar hotel at Watsonville," Reite reported.

Annual election of officers also is scheduled. Carl Bosworth Is the president. Peace Disturbers Face Judge Here Robert Chaney, 37, charged with disturbing the peace, was Kiven a 20-dav susuended jail 1 sentence today by Justice of the Peace W. A. Deans, sitting for i nibbing alcohol C'tc-11 Cannon, also charged with disturbing the peace, was given 15 days in Jail, with another IE suspended.

Jose V. Millian, 23 was given 5 days or $10 fine and ivjolh were sentenced from Wat- 1HLL SACRAMENTO, Cal. (U.R) A bill by Senator Chris N. Jesper-sen, Atascadero, to permit commei ciai auaione iisning irom Monterey to the southern tip of the Golden Gate, today bore ap- Iproval of the state stnate. The vote was 31 to 0.

Dr. Nell Riley are reported already there. Mill creek dam, open only to employes of the Coast Counties Gas and Electric comimny. was reported to have yielded plenty of limits today although the fish were smaller than lust year. Coastal streams were well patronized but reports of limits were slow coming It.

Dr. F. W. Gostlin was among those taking a limit from Laguna creek. Dr.

C. W. Taylor landed his 2.1 ut Aptos creek. I WPA Assistance Cut Down By Defense Reconstruction of flood damaged bridges in San; Lorenzo valley will be done by Santa Cruz county rath-i er than as a WPA project. George Morgan, chairman of county supervisors, made this report today following a conference with state and federal authorities in Watsonville yesterday.

Because so many men are being transferred from WPA projects to national defense work, such labor will not be available for the bridge job, WPA administrator for the ninth district informed Morgan. ItlDS ASKED Consequently, plans were going forward this morning for supervisors to advertise on May for bids on reconstructing bridges and The bids are to be opened June 7. with work to start Immediately, according to tentative arrangements. "Repairs on the other valley bridges will not be scheduled in the near future," Morgan explained. State department of public works informed Morgan In Santa Cruz this morning that an estimate on the work will be forwarded from Sacramento probably within a week.

Plans and specifications for the bridge repairs are in bands of the county supervisors. buLXetins Charles Mills, 13, Watsonville, was instantly killed earlier today when he lost control of his bicycle on a steep grade at Black Hawk canyon and crashed into a tree. With a group of Boys he had been headed toward Gilroy to visit his father, reported Santa Clara county coroner Jessie Spaul-ding. They had ben fishing. WASHINGTON' (U.R) Klls-worth Alvord, finance committee chairman of the I'nited Htates chamber of commerce, today denounced the treasury's tax program us "severe and unrealistic" and proxsed a substantial increase in non-defense production to avert- threatened inflation.

Highway Survey Nears Finish Engineers of the state highway commission are expected to finish a San Andreas road sur- vey by May 15, R. G. Stevenson, WPA administrator In Santa Cruz, said today. The survey, started last March, is for a na tional defense road from Santa Cruz through Camp McQuaide to Watsonville. Basin Road Work Starts Sunday Maintenance work on the Hinkley Basin road near Soquel will be started by forestry crews early next week.

Lester II. Gum, state forestry ranger stationed at Felton, said today a bulldozer and crew will move into the area Sunday. Maintenance work will be continued on the Hinkley Basin road and adjacent highways through out the season. with one of the best catches of tbe day, eleven fish averaging close to 12 inches long. They were taken In the pond above Stevens Creek dam buck of Cupertino.

Other Santa Cruzans fishing there included La Vern Roth, Herman linker, Dr. A. K. Allegrini, Carlyle Ulodgett and Louis Fucelll. They were reported making fair catches.

Rranciforte creek i 1 some good limits, William A. Schuette taking bis 2.1 In a "Somewhere in the north" was a large part of Battery and a Battery detachment of the 250th Coast Artillery, believed sent to Alaska. The units, embracing 100 men, marked the second group to leave Camp McQuaide within recent weeks. Battery Is under command of Captain M. A.

Ross. Mem-berg of the battery remaining at camp will be commanded by Second Lieutenant J. C. Benton. Battery the first organization to embark from Camp McQuaide, departed for Alaska a month ago.

Battery traces Its origin to the Germanla Rifles, crack social and drill group of San Francisco, organized in 18C8. Good Soldier leyer Cries, Says Johnson WASHINGTON U.R) Hugh S. Johnson took exception today to the reasons advanced by White House Secretary Stephen T. Karly for President Roosevelt's refusal to renew his reserve commission, but avowed his willingness to serve the country In uny position "from corporal up or down." He revealed he had written the president, saying: "I am sure that you don't like me any more and I don't blame you." The president's refusal was announced yesterday. The reasons given were Johnson's age 58 and the fact that he has not been in active service for many years.

"I have no criticism or complaint," Johnson said, "about the president's failure lo renew upon my application my third five-year term as brigadier general No man has a right to demand such an appointment any more than he has to he consecrated a bishop." Lewis To Face 'Neuter' Charge LOS ANGELES (U.R) Papers in the $1,000,000 sterilization suit brought by Jeanette Scott Sey mour Young, concert pianist, ere in the hands of the sheriff's toduy for service upon iiiph Maxwell Lewis, imperator of the Rosicrucian order, and other defendants. Lfwis, in San Jose, denied her charges that he had her com 'mitted to an insane asylum or was responsible for an operation which the woman claims lift her a "nameless neuter." Cleanup Campaign To End Tomorrow The city cleanup campaign con tlnued today -with truekB operat ing In the Beach Hill and Potrero areas and Is slated to close tomor row with collections in the Mis sion Hill and Garfield Park dis trlcts. Approximately 150 tons of rubbish were collected up to today. Missing Woman's Body Is Found RICHMOND U.R) Finding of the body of Mrs. Bernyce Uiver, 27, today spurred the search for her three missing companions who diRnnnpnrprl mvstertnnsl from an 18-foot motorboat In San rancisco bay Sunday.

Also missing and feared drown ed were her husband. J. P. River Oakland policeman: Les Groux 27, former St. Mary's college football star, and his wife, Marie, 25.

RETURN TO WORK WASHINGTON iflJ.R) Miners In all sections of the Appalachian bituminous coal field north and south returned to work today after a one-month shutdown that had curtailed some defense production and threatened to disrupt the armament program. TIDES roniplrtr Mar I1m will lie found on Hndlo nnri C'uinlr Pnict. Kxtrn lliKh or ton tidra are Indicated hj oalerUk. rlav." CanaHiiv rieclnreri. "Thevlty exposition 11 will decide If they believe that! the future of aviation is real and if they want to become a part of it "A city without an airport will in the very neur future be In the same class as a city off a highway," he stated.

"With the evidences of progressiveness easily seen by any visitor to this city, it Is unbelievable to me that Santa Cruz has no airport facilities. "TIMK KLKMKXT VITAL" "The time element Is vital. Airports must be established now, in order to meet the expansion ama I nH to iif there will probably never again be the opportunity to secure fed erai money ror nuiidlng airports I tnrlav in Siicrn mpntn Traffic is being handled by construction of wide 40-foot de tours around the two embankments which slipped into the canyon, he explained. S. C.

Building Best Of 1941 Fourteen new homes were started here in boosting the total for the firs) four months of this year to 47, an estimated invest meat of April was the biggest home building month of 11M1, 11 having been started in March, In February mill nine in January. The penult total for last month was JMHi, of which was tor residential work and the remainder commercial and signs. Solon Raps Farm Bill Jack Anderson, congress man trom the eighth district, has been battling in the house of representatives tor aid for farmers in this area. Appearing before the lower house, the solon suid In part: "The 1942 agricultural appro priation bill has gone to conference. Since this measure passed the house on March 6, several changes have been made in it.

One of these changes is an increase in the amount ot funds appropriated for parity payments. "How long is congress going to continue tills policy of appropriating the lion's share of federal benefit payments to the so-called basic commodities? "It appears to me that the only fair method to follow Is one that provides equal benefits for all. Let us proceed on the basis of full recognition for the American fanner.1' FASTEST PLANK LOS ANGELES U.R) The "world's fastest fighting plane the army's new P-38 interceptor pursuit ship, will be shown to the public for the first time Sun day at Municipal airport. LO! THE Fifty-dollar outfits and lowly willow poles mingled on tbe streams of Cruz county today as a bumper crop of anglers turned out to welcome the opening of the trout season. With all schools closed for the occasion, juvenile anglers crowded the streams.

Many limit catches were reported, but mainly of small fisb. The San Lorenzo, open for trout fishing only above the Big that we have under the defense Police Judge Paul Colegrove. Po-lmpetus of today." Baid had been imbibing canauay traced tne develop- ment of aviation from the earll- est attempts of man to fly. ftiodern transportation is one of the miracles of the ages," said canaday, "and airplanes are the 4 Americans Buy Share In Nation Residents in Santa Cruz county today joined with loyal Americans throughout the nation by starting to buy an interest in the greatest going concern in the world. They began purchasing United States defense bonds and stamps, shortly after the issues were placed on sale this morning.

To many persons, buying of the bonds symbolized a real May Day fete. Santa Cruz post office, $11,000 in defense stamps and $13,875 in bonds were placed on sale by Postmaster Fred T. Hale. Stamps and bonds also were obtainable at post offices in Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Soquel, Capitola, Aptos, Watsonville and elsewhere in the county. Mother Swallows Poison, Dies Purportedly weary with life, Mrs.

Enriqueta Urciaga, 33, route 2, box 165, Watsonville, died yesterday after Deputy Coroner Carl Mehl said she had swallowed poison Survivors lmalinnrt Jose Urciaga; one son, Manuel Urciaga; one brother, Jesus Diaz, I and her mother, Mrs. Rafaela Ramirez, all of Delano. short stretch above Herkelcy Way. Mr. and Mrs.

Hen Murk had some fair sport farther up the stream although falling short of limits, "Dew" Grant hied to his sc. rret stream this morning and came home early with nice limit. FOILED HY I1AXK One of the best stories of the day was the sad case of Jordan Mcl'hetres. Up at 4:30, he sought in vain for the keys of I epitome 01 mat miracle. Jiutij0h Reis, 38, 10 days in jail aviation nas not reached the ultl niate in development, we LOWLY FISHERMAN WHIPS STREAMS ONE GETS WHIPPED Dareiy scratcned tne suriace LONG l'ARAUK The talk followed one of the longest parades ever staged here, the tour starting in geabright and winding up at the auditorium.

James Selele of the tunlor cham ber of commerce was chairman of the parade and rally. At the (See CANADY, Page 2, Col. 7) the store where he had left his fishing tackle. Further Investigation revealed that the key had been dropped into an almost impregnable bank by his enterprising young sou, Danny. It was sail, but there wus 110 fishing for Mcl'hetres.

Several Santa Cruzans ore seeking fish far afield. Harold Tarter und LI 1 bum Hamber left yesterday for a week at Hut creek. Mr. und Mrs. Joe Lung, Mr.

und Mrs. Dun Stuffier and Trees railroad bridge, proved a Kpular fishing grounds. Home good limits were reported, the best fish lM'ing taken near liiff Ti-ees. Al Acliterberg and Rico Knffanti were among the earliest to report limits. Fishing at Gold Gulch farther up stream, "Punch" Fuecinelll landed a limit while Van Canale left early with 2S.

one a lS-lncher. YOUTH SHIXES Virgil Ma-stelotto upheld the prowess of youth ns he returned.